Baker Mfg Inc. (see Table 11.8) wishes to compare its inventory turnover to those of industry leaders, who have turnover of about 13 times per year and 8% of their assets invested in inventory.

a) What is Baker's inventory turnover?

b) What is Baker's percent of assets committed to inventory?

c) How does Baker's performance compare to the industry leaders? TABLE 11.8 For Problems 11.11 and 11.12 Arrow Distributing Corp. Net revenue Cost of sales Inventory Total assets Baker Mfg. Inc. Net revenue Cost of sales Inventory Total assets $16,500 $13,500 $ 1,000 $ 8,600 $27,500 $21,500 $ 1,250 $16,600